Is Walmart coming to San Juan Capistrano?

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San Juan Capistrano officials and Walmart have decided to hold informal talks on the possibility of the huge retail chain establishing a store in town.

The City Council, acting as the Redevelopment Agency, withdrew an item from its agenda Tuesday night on whether to begin a 120-day exclusive negotiating agreement with West Coast Development to ask Walmart to build on the Lower Rosan Ranch property on Stonehill Drive just west of Camino Capistrano. (See a map by clicking on the "Graphics" tab above.)

Instead, the city and the company will have informal, nonexclusive talks.

"There's no need for that 120-day" agreement, Mayor Lon Uso said.

Lower Rosan has been vacant in city hands for about 20 years. One of the few properties left to develop in San Juan, it has been the site of several proposals in the past decade. The city voted down a proposed Home Depot, and Costco had planned to build on the property but instead chose to pursue expansion of its existing store in San Juan.

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